What makes treating water with magnets so alluring?
by Dr. Klaus J. Kronenberg Everyone who sells swimming pools is deeply aware of the value of the liquid water, one of the most desirable commodities this earth provides. Nowhere else in our universe do we know of another place where liquid water exists. It is indeed the rarest matter of all. But this is not the only reason water is precious to us. Water is the most necessary substance for life. In fact, living creatures – like spas and pools – are basically vessels for liquid water. Because we work in an industry that relies so heavily on sanitized water, it is imperative that we strive to understand how water reacts under various conditions. This is not always an easy task, as liquid water refuses to follow some of the most fundamental laws of nature. It is the one substance that turns into something lighter when it crystallizes – which is why ice floats. And even when liquid water cools down to near freezing it violates one of the basic rules that heat rises and expands things. As wa
